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Biographical note
Tony Bennett is Professor of Sociology at the Open University, UK and a Director of the ESRC Research Centre on Socio-cultural Change. His current interests focus on the sociology of culture, the history and theory of museums, and cultural policy. His recent publications include The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics (Routledge 1995) and Culture: A Reformer's Science (1998).<p><strong>"Sure to be a major intervention in museums and cultural studies...an important and provocative text....I expect this book to be as important as <em>Birth of the Museum</em>, which is saying something."</strong> - Ivan Karp, Emory University</p>
<p><strong>'Sure to be a major intervention in museums and cultural studies ... an important and provocative text ... I expect this book to be as important as </strong><em>Birth of the Museum</em><strong>, which is saying something, since that work is the outstanding study of how museums and the public cultural sphere have developed.'</strong> - <em>Ivan Karp, Emory University</em></p>